Life

Life

The road ahead

By Kelly Seegers | November 25, 2013

I have a strange love for road trips and plane rides. I hope anyone going home for the holidays will ultimately be able to understand this sentiment — though I know it may take some explanation first. You see, while there are certainly downsides to traveling — having to wait in massive security lines, having your flight cancelled or, in the case of a road trip, being stuck in terrible traffic —overall, I tend to see the experience as an enjoyable one. First, there is the people-watching.

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Life

Students impress in TEDxUVA competition

By Annie Cohen | November 24, 2013

Great ideas, stimulating speeches and burgers — what more could you want from a weekday night at Boylan?

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Sex & Relationships

Love Connection: Poon Returns! And Jackie.

By Alex Stock | November 24, 2013

“I am a cheesy house full of romances, happiness and humor.”

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Life

Standing "O"vation

By Jessica Crystal | November 24, 2013

Last Friday, O Records — a student-run record label — put on a charity concert at O’Hill forum, showcasing its diverse and talented musicians in a casual but meaningful manner.

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Life

Pump, pump, pump it up

By Kelly Seegers | November 24, 2013

It’s no secret reaching an optimal level of pre-competition energy is a key to athletic success. Put more simply: the age-old “pump up” routine proves what happens outside competition can be almost as important as what transpires during it.

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Life

Top 10 awkward Thanksgiving dinner conversations and possible responses

By Annie Mester | November 24, 2013

1. When asked about your love life If you don’t have one, make one up. There’s no avoiding the 12 million questions which, coming from any and all parties, concerning your romantic interests — a topic apparently of utmost relevance to anyone who shares even a drop of your bloodline.

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Life

A cycle coming full circle

By Valerie Clemens | November 22, 2013

First semester of fourth year is coming to a close, but my conversations are beginning to resemble those of a high school senior.

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Life

The Tune-iversity of Virginia

By Aidan Cochrane | November 22, 2013

At the University, music is omnipresent. Walking through dorms, you can hear an eclectic mix of songs permeating through the walls.

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Life

Finding God

By Grace Muth | November 21, 2013

Finding God An agnostic’s church experiences by: Grace Muth The congregation had come before the altar, before the pulpit and stage, and we crept through the back entrance, hands lifted in song lyrics projected onto the white walls.

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Life

Dance minor holds major impact

By Virginia Hart | November 20, 2013

Kim Brooks Mata lives by one philosophy: dance is a reflection of life, while life is a reflection of dance.

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Life

The turkeys are coming

By Kate Colver | November 20, 2013

To quote our nation’s most revered nightrider (pun intended): “The turkeys are coming!” Well, no, those may not have been Paul’s words verbatim.

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Life

Finding the heart in home

By Mimi Montgomery | November 19, 2013

I have never been more excited or ready for Thanksgiving break than I am this year. I can say this with full certainty as I sit on the fourth floor of Alderman, my eyes feeling dry as I stare at my computer screen for another solid hour and the little white squares on my iCal taunting me with the days left between me and going home. “Going home” used to be an expression casually tossed around as I climbed into my car after a day of high school or left my friend’s house after a night spent out, but now, as a fourth year in college who has spent the past 3 1/2 years living by myself, it means something more, something different. “Going home” now means packing up a small parcel of my life here at the University and taking it back to the place that constituted my life for 18 years.

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Life

Learning what it means to learn

By Abby Teitgen | November 19, 2013

One feature every University student has in common is this: we were the high school students who had the stellar GPAs and test scores, and spent our days running from practices to club meetings to tutoring and back again.

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Life

Ghost of statuses past

By Sumedha Deshmukh | November 18, 2013

A few days ago, I opened my Facebook to 47 notifications. Needless to say, I was thrilled people were finally recognizing the caliber of my Facebook profile, which includes biannual statuses about some life-changing event and stunning tagged pictures of me at my best. My high hopes and dreams were quickly shattered when I realized what the reality entailed.

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Life

A love letter to my friends

By Anne-Marie Albracht | November 18, 2013

My best friends are fiercely loyal and come with no strings attached. They know my phone always dies at least three times during the day, that I have a mild Rue La La addiction — or, in their words, a severe addiction to online shopping — and that my alter ego is a cat that tends to come out when I hit a point of deliriousness.

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Life

A different kind of sustainability

By Darby Witherspoon | November 18, 2013

On Friday, student group Crafting for Conservation and Student Council’s Sustainability Committee gathered in the Garden Room on the Range to present the first Sustainable Art Gallery and to celebrate “America Recycles Day,” which also took place on Friday.

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Life

A week to speak

By Samantha Needham | November 17, 2013

Stepping up to the podium, fourth-year College student Arni Mapili turns to face a crowd of about 70.

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Life

“Frankenstation” brings radio back to life

By Margaret Mason | November 17, 2013

What says “college” more than working at the college radio station? Not much. Enter WTJX, the new student-run station hoping to re-energize the student-led music scene.

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Life

It’s a wonderful life

By Laura Holshouser | November 14, 2013

A plethora of statuses have dotted my Facebook newsfeed in recent weeks criticizing the early onslaught of reminders heralding — Hark!

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Life

Quality over quantity

By Christian Hecht | November 14, 2013

At the beginning of the semester when I had just joined The Cavalier Daily, my fellow Life columnists released a flurry of writings on something which is apparently on everyone’s mind: sex.